JACK GREALISH has been promised he still has an England future despite not being selected by Thomas Tuchel.
The Manchester City midfielder missed out on Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad but returned to the side under interim boss Lee Carsley for the Nations League games last autumn and said it had brought back “enjoyment in an England shirt.”
Jack Grealish has often been on the bench for Man City this season[/caption]
Thomas Tuchel has named his first England squad[/caption]
Yet Grealish, 29, has only started six Premier League games and he is regularly seen out partying in pubs and clubs.
Tuchel said: “I love Jack. I love everything about him. I love his personality, I love his quality.
“The guy has courage, he can take the heat, he’s not afraid of the Bernabeu whistles when he’s on the ball.
“So is he a player that should be available and can have an impact in our squad? Yes, 100 per cent. But lately, he simply has no rhythm and he and I agree 100 per cent with this.
“He said ‘listen Thomas, I’m not a start-stop player. It is so hard for me to influence a match from the bench and then be on the bench again, and then two weeks later I start again’.
“I’m not judging anyone, not at all, but it’s just a characteristic of Jack. He gets better with every minute.
“The more he plays, the better he gets and then he becomes a proper machine.
“And he has, of course, a character to him that he can be the glue also in the team.
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“It’s very easy for youngsters, for experienced players to be attached to him and to be close to him.
“But this comes also with responsibility off the pitch and, of course, it’s not ideal that he’s in the newspapers and out there in public.
“We want to have him more calm. No-one wants to have it, but this was not the reason for not picking him.
“It was sporting and in his position Anthony Gordon has just more rhythm, more minutes, more intensity and Marcus (Rashford). So these were the two picks ahead of him.”
